Lupita
Lupita is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Lupita
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Lupita is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
The Story of Lupita
American parents first put Lupita on the record books as a baby girl name in 1912, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2007, when 159 Lupitas were born — ranking #1,468 that year. About 21% of every Lupita on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Lupita ranks #4,485 for baby girls with 31 births, falling sharply (-41%). All told, over 6K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Lupita
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About the name Lupita
Lupita is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1912 and has accumulated 6K births in the dataset. Lupita's peak popularity came in 2007 when it ranked #1,397. Use the chart and map above to compare Lupita's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.